How Dani Pedrosa was one of Austin’s heroes

Dani Pedrosa may not have been in the race for the podium positions at the Americas GP but was one of the heroes of the Austin race. The Honda veteran had a surgery on his right wrist following a crash at the Argentina GP, but he wasn’t intimidated by the physically demanding Austin track , by trying to compete. He eventually took the RC213V to the chess flag, crossing the finish line in seventh.

After the race, quoted by the agency EFE, Pedrosa didn’t hide his joy at having managed to finish the Americas GP: ‘It was very hard, I didn’t like the race very much, I had a bad time, it was a bit bad. But I’m glad I tried and went throught such test. Of course, each injury is different. There are times when you can and sometimes you can not. Before coming I didn’t knew but in the end we saved these points. To finish in seventh is incredible because in addition this track is hard physically’.

Despite having taken steps not to feel so much pain, Pedrosa confessed that at the end he was quite exhausted, so only having seen the chess flag is a reason for satisfaction:

– We tried to get more help from the painkillers, which helped me through the first few laps. I didn’t have the strength to do things faster, which is important on this track, but I had a little less pain and that allowed me to concentrate more. At the end of the race I couldn’t with the bike any longer, my feet escaped from the supports, on the straight lineand on the bumps, and I had to let go a little. But I’m happy because I didn’t even know if I could handle all the laps and I was compensating everything with the other arm, which I also didn’t know if I would hold it.